The surname Royster
A surname, carried by 8,056 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R236
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,056 people named Royster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,325 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,658.
#4,409
rank among US surnames
8,056
people in 2010
2.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.2%
change since 2000 (was #4,286)
Who is named Royster
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Royster identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 61%
- White (not Hispanic) 34%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Royster has the Soundex code R236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R236.
Questions
- How common is the surname Royster?
- 8,056 people in the United States had the surname Royster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,325 Americans. It ranked 4,409th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Royster?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Royster identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Royster getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,056 in 2010, up 5.2%.